Girl Loses One Leg In Accident Still Walks 1 Km To School, Netizens Salute Her Spirit
The district magistrate of Jamui too reached her home and gifted a tricycle to Seema and assured her that she will get an artificial limb.
Undying spirit and extreme courage even during distressing times, is rare to spot. But, not so rare in Bihar's Jamui town where a young girl is being lauded by thousands of people on the internet.
Heartbreaking yet courageous
The story of 10-year-old differently-abled Seema is heartbreaking and yet courageous. Seema hails from Fatehpur village in Jamui district of Bihar and travels 1km daily on one leg to school. In the viral video, we see her undying passion to study even in such difficulty.
Bihar | Video of a girl with one leg walking to school in Jamui goes viral
¡ª ANI (@ANI) May 25, 2022
We'll provide her with an artificial limb. Her determination to attend school each day is inspirational. A tricycle has been gifted to her today: AK Singh, DM Jamui pic.twitter.com/49SFTVvsyV
Video goes viral
Watch the video below:
#Bihar : #Jamui : The spirits are firm on the path of struggle! This 10-year-old Seema goes to school by jumping on the trails for 500 meters to study. Seema has lost a leg in a road accident.
¡ª Vijay kumar?? (@vijaykumar1305) May 25, 2022
Video: courtesy @abpbihar#India #USA @NitishKumar @UNHumanRights @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/FMnVpxuSIB
The video shows the girl wearing school uniform, walking one kilometer on one leg to reach her school.
As per reports, Seema lost her one of her legs in a road accident two years back. Nonetheless, this didn't hold her back from studying as she walked 1 km to her school regularly.
Determined to be a teacher, the class IV student of Fatehpur Middle School is not only dedicated to her own studies but also teaches other girls in her village and encourages them to get educated.
Sonu Sood offers help
After going viral on the internet, the video got noticed by actor and philanthropist Sonu Sood. The Bollywood actor, moved by her grit and passion, offered to help.
Sonu Sood took to Twitter and wrote ¡±Now you will go to school not by jumping just on one leg but two, sending you the ticket, now is the time to walk on two legs,¡± he wrote in Hindi.
The move by the actor earned applause from netizens, while praising the actor for his positive move they also showered love on the little girl.
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¡ª sonu sood (@SonuSood) May 25, 2022
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More help pours in
The district magistrate of Jamui too reached her home and gifted a tricycle to Seema and assured her that she will get an artificial limb.
Twitter
Netizens laud her courage
Seema,a girl from a poor family a small village in Jamui (Bihar) district, travels 1KM daily on one leg to school.wants to read wants to move forward.Wants to become a teacher. She had to amputate her leg during an accident,yet she has forgotten all her wounds.Salute to courage pic.twitter.com/Clq4kcluqK
¡ª Mahendra Kumar {Adv}Inc (@mahendransui) May 25, 2022
Seema brave girl from Bihar hops 1km to school on one leg.
¡ª S K Sachdeva (@SKSachdeva8) May 26, 2022
Govt must wake up &issue directives to provide all facilities to all such kids .
Income Tax should be used first to provide amenties to speciality able instead of buying planes . pic.twitter.com/D3AiOstiby
Summer in Jamui, Bihar can be torturous. Bare feet that too on one leg, hats off to the passion of this young girl! https://t.co/ILOf61GCxY
¡ª pritesh (@_priteshgupta) May 25, 2022
A brave girl from jamui, Bihar. She lost One of leg in accident,She travels half a kilometre every day to go to School without support pic.twitter.com/fE8eUateum
¡ª ???? (@Pradeep66401777) May 25, 2022
Meanwhile, as per the National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 report conducted by Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, only 9 per cent of students in classes 3, 5, 8, and 10 get transport provided by school.
An equal number of students go to school via public transport. Only 8 per cent use two-wheeler owned in family and 3 per cent have own four wheeler to commute to and from school. Nearly 48 per cent of students walk to school every day and 18 per cent take bicycles to travel.
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